Assessing the impact of environmental campaigns against the activities of a pulp and paper company in Indonesia

International Forestry Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 819-834

  Gritten, D ^a   Kant, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deforestation; ENGO; Environmental conflict; Environmental lobbying; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RAINFOREST; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 67549146661     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.9.4.819     Document Type: Article

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